Mind & Brain

When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack

Michael Pollan dives into the scientific and philosophical puzzles of consciousness, from brain biology to AI and beyond

New gene therapy results bring hope for treating Dravet syndrome, a rare and often fatal seizure condition

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment

Older people with exceptional memory have a surprisingly high number of young neurons, a study finds

Experts say that to win a game like The Traitors, competitors should look for verbal clues over physical ones—and be friendly and open

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness

Discover what researchers have learned about polyamory, what misconceptions people have about such multipartner relationships and how individuals actually navigate them

Newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect

Putting humans and LLMs head-to-head in classic tests of judgment from human psychology underscores the differences between them

Space's microgravity appears to shift the location of the brains of astronauts—without a clear effect on their health